The 82nd Venice Film Festival announced new additions to this year's competition jury, including actress Fernanda Torres and ...

Fernanda Torres, Mohammad Rasoulof, Zhao Tao, Stéphane Brizé, Maura Delpero and Cristian Mungiu will be joining Alexander ...

The Venice competition jury will include Fernanda Torres, Mohammad Rasoulof, Cristian Mungiu and more alongside president ...

Mubi has acquired all Italian rights to Giulio Bertelli’s directorial debut “Agon,” starring Italian judo athlete and Olympic ...

The director of one of the best movies of 2024 was sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging for making the critically ...

Director Mohammad Rasoulof is banned at home in Iran but continues to make prize-winning work, including his latest thriller, 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig.' ...

Mohammad Rasoulof felt like a criminal while secretly filming his dramatic thriller The Seed of the Sacred Fig in Iran. Throughout the director’s career, he has been targeted by the Iranian ...

Mohammad Rasoulof has arrived. The dissident Iranian director is at the Cannes Film Festival to present his new film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, in competition, just weeks after he dramatically ...

FILE - Director Mohammad Rasoulof poses for a portrait photograph for the film "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, on May 23 2024.

Mohammad Rasoulof was facing eight years in prison and likely more considering the uncompromising nature of his latest film, "The Seed of the Sacred Fig," when he decided to flee Iran.

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof was scheduled to go to Cannes for the premiere of his movie ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ when he received an 8-year prison sentence. May 9, 2024.

Chinese actress Zhao Tao, and Romanian director will also join two-time Oscar winner Alexander Payne, this year's jury ...